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proceeded to kill and eat�察 �which�察 �in a little while�察 �he heard that King
Harald was on foot to inquire into and punish�察�whereupon Rolf the Ganger
speedily got into his ships again�察�got to the coast of France with his sea´
robbers�察�got infeftment by the poor King of France in the fruitful�察�shaggy
desert which is since called Normandy�察�land of the Northmen�察�and there�察�
gradually felling the forests�察�banking the rivers�察�tilling the fields�察�became�察�
during the next two centuries�察�Wilhelmus Conquaestor�察�the man famous to
England�察 �and momentous at this day�察 �not to England alone�察 �but to all
speakers of the English tongue�察�now spread from side to side of the world
in a wonderful degree。 Tancred of Hauteville and his Italian Normans�察�
though important too�察�in Italy�察�are not worth naming in comparison。 This is
a feracious earth�察�and the grain of mustard´seed will grow to miraculous
extent in some cases。
Harald's chief helper�察 �counsellor�察 �and lieutenant was the above´
mentioned Jarl Rognwald of More�察 �who had the honor to cut Harald's
dreadful head of hair。 This Rognwald was father of Turf´Einar�察�who first
invented peat in the Orkneys�察 �finding the wood all gone there�察 �and is
remembered to this day。 Einar�察 �being come to these islands by King
Harald's permission�察�to see what he could do in them��islands inhabited
by what miscellany of Picts�察 �Scots�察 �Norse squatters we do not know�察�
found the indispensable fuel all wasted。 Turf´Einar too may be regarded as
a benefactor to his kind。 He was�察�it appears�察�a bastard�察�and got no coddling
from his father�察 �who disliked him�察�partly perhaps�察�because ;he was ugly
and blind of an eye�察�got no flattering even on his conquest of the
Orkneys and invention of peat。 Here is the parting speech his father made
to him on fitting him out with a ;long´ship; ��ship of war�察 �dragon´ship�察─�
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ancient seventy´four���察�and sending him forth to make a living for himself
in the world�此 �It were best if thou never camest back�察�for I have small hope
that thy people will have honor by thee�察 �thy mother's kin throughout is
slavish。;
Harald Haarfagr had a good many sons and daughters�察�the daughters
he married mostly to jarls of due merit who were loyal to him�察�with the
sons�察 �as remarked above�察 �he had a great deal of trouble。 They were
ambitious�察�stirring fellows�察�and grudged at their finding so little promotion
from a father so kind to his jarls�察 �sea´robbery by no means an adequate
career for the sons of a great king�察�two of them�察�Halfdan Haaleg ��Long´
leg���察�and Gudrod Ljome ��Gleam���察�jealous of the favors won by the great
Jarl Rognwald。 surrounded him in his house one night�察�and burnt him and
sixty men to death there。 That was the end of Rognwald�察�the invaluable
jarl�察 �always true to Haarfagr�察 �and distinguished in world history by
producing Rolf the Ganger�察�author of the Norman Conquest of England�察�
and Turf´Einar�察�who invented peat in the Orkneys。 Whether Rolf had left
Norway at this time there is no chronology to tell me。 As to Rolf's surname�察�
;Ganger�察─ �there are various hypotheses�察 �the likeliest�察 �perhaps�察 �that Rolf
was so weighty a man no horse ��small Norwegian horses�察�big ponies rather��
could carry him�察�and that he usually walked�察�having a mighty stride withal�察�
and great velocity on foot。
One of these murderers of Jarl Rognwald quietly set himself in
Rognwald's place�察�the other making for Orkney to serve Turf´Einar in like
fashion。 Turf´Einar�察�taken by surprise�察�fled to the mainland�察�but returned�察�
days or perhaps weeks after�察�ready for battle�察�fought with Halfdan�察�put his
party to flight�察�and at next morning's light searched the island and slew all
the men he found。 As to Halfdan Long´leg himself�察�in fierce memory of
his own murdered father�察�Turf´Einar ;cut an eagle on his back�察─�that is to
say�察�hewed the ribs from each side of the spine and turned them out like
the wings of a spread´eagle�此 �a mode of Norse vengeance fashionable at
that time in extremely aggravated cases� �
Harald Haarfagr�察�in the mean time�察�had descended upon the Rognwald
scene�察�not in mild mood towards the new jarl there�察�indignantly dismissed
said jarl�察�and appointed a brother of Rognwald ��brother�察�notes Dahlmann���察�
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though Rognwald had left other sons。 Which done�察 �Haarfagr sailed with
all speed to the Orkneys�察�there to avenge that cutting of an eagle on the
human back on Turf´Einar's part。 Turf´Einar did not resist�察 �submissively
met the angry Haarfagr�察 �said he left it all�察 �what had been done�察 �what
provocation there had been�察 �to Haarfagr's own equity and greatness of
mind。 Magnanimous Haarfagr inflicted a fine of sixty marks in gold�察�
which was paid in ready money by Turf´Einar�察�and so the matter ended。
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CHAPTER II。
ERIC BLOOD´AXE AND BROTHERS。
In such violent courses Haarfagr's sons�察�I know not how many of them�察�
had come to an untimely end�察�only Eric�察�the accomplished sea´rover�察�and
three others remained to him。 Among these four sons�察�rather impatient for
property and authority of their own�察�King Harald�察�in his old days�察�tried to
part his kingdom in some eligible and equitable way�察�and retire from the
constant press of business�察�now becoming burdensome to him。 To each of
them he gave a kind of kingdom�察�Eric�察�his eldest son�察�to be head king�察�and
the others to be feudatory under him�察�and pay a certain yearly contribution�察�
an arrangement which did not answer well at all。 Head´King Eric insisted
on his tribute�察�quarrels arose as to the payment�察�considerable fighting and
disturbance�察�bringing fierce destruction from King Eric upon many valiant
but too stubborn Norse spirits�察 �and among the rest upon all his three
brothers�察�which got him from the Norse populations the surname of _Blod´
axe_�察 �Eric Blood´axe�察─ �his title in history。 One of his brothers he had
killed in battle before his old father's life ended�察�this brother was Bjorn�察�a
peaceable�察 �improving�察 �trading economic Under´king�察 �whom the others
mockingly called ;Bjorn the Chapman。; The great´grandson of this Bjorn
became extremely distinguished by and by as _Saint_ Olaf。 Head´King
Eric seems to have had a violent wife�察 �too。 She was thought to have
poisoned one of her other brothers´in´law。 Eric Blood´axe had by no
means a gentle life of it in this world�察�trained to sea´robbery on the coasts
of England�察�Scotland�察�Ireland and France�察�since his twelfth year。
Old King Fairhair�察�at the age of seventy�察�had another son�察�to whom was
given the name of Hakon。 His mother was a slave in Fairhair's house�察�
slave by ill´luck of war�察�though nobly enough born。 A strange adventure
connects this Hakon with England and King Athelstan�察 �who was then
entering upon his great career there。 Short while after this Hakon came
into the world�察�there entered Fairhair's palace�察�one evening as Fairhair sat
Feasting�察�